Manic Depression (song)
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- May 12, 1967 (1967-05-12) (UK)
- August 23, 1967 (1967-08-23) (US)
| "Manic Depression" | |
|---|---|
| Song by the Jimi Hendrix Experience | |
| from the album Are You Experienced | |
| Released |
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| Recorded | March 29, 1967 |
| Studio | De Lane Lea, London |
| Genre | Jazz rock[1] |
| Length | 3:30[2] |
| Label | |
| Songwriter | Jimi Hendrix |
| Producer | Chas Chandler |
"Manic Depression" is a song written by Jimi Hendrix and recorded by the Jimi Hendrix Experience in 1967.
Music critic William Ruhlmann describes the lyrics as "more an expression of romantic frustration than the clinical definition of manic depression."[3]
The song is performed in an uptempo compound triple metre.[4][5] It also features Mitch Mitchell's jazz-influenced drumming[3][6][7] and a parallel guitar and bass line.[4]
Release and covers
"Manic Depression" is included on the Experience's debut album, Are You Experienced (1967). Recordings of live performances have been released on BBC Sessions (1998) and Winterland (2011).[3] Ruhlmann notes renditions by Seal with Jeff Beck on Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix (1993) and King's X on Dogman (1994).[3]
The Canadian band Nomeansno included a cover of the song on their EP You Kill Me. A live version is also featured on the bootleg Live in Warsaw.
D.C. hardcore band Beefeater included the song, credited as "Manic D.", on their 1985 debut album, Plays for Lovers.
Ace Frehley covered the song on his album Origins Vol. 2.
Brooklyn-based crossover thrash band Carnivore covered the song on their 1987 album Retaliation.
Hollywood Vampires covered the song on their eponymous debut album.
Yngwie Malmsteen covered the song on his tribute album Inspiration.
References
- ↑ Guardian Staff (19 November 2007). "1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die: Artists beginning with H". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
...the cranked-up jazz of "Manic Depression"...
- ↑ From Are You Experienced liner notes (original international Polydor edition)
- 1 2 3 4 Ruhlmann, William. "Jimi Hendrix/ The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Manic Depression – Song Review". AllMusic. Archived from the original on July 25, 2014. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
- 1 2 Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix Transcribed Scorres. Hal Leonard. 1998. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-7935-9144-2.
- ↑ Allen, Jeremy (2017-03-15). "Jimi Hendrix – 10 of the best". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-06-03.
- ↑ Allen, Jeremy (2017-03-15). "Jimi Hendrix – 10 of the best". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-06-03.
- ↑ Mitchell based the drum part on Ronnie Stephenson's drumming on John Dankworth's recording of Galt MacDermot's "African Waltz". Doerschuk, Andy (11 October 2012). "Mitch Mitchell: The Hendrix Years". Drum!. Archived from the original on May 23, 2017. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
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